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prevent us from acting on this urgent 

threat. I am particularly astounded 

they would rather launch yet another 

attack, for example, on women’s health 

than work to ensure the security of our 

Nation. 

I have no choice but to file cloture on 

this matter. I would hope we could get 

cloture, but I am a realist, as I have 

learned after having tried to work 

through 85 different filibusters in this 

congressional session. I remain hopeful 

that they will come to their senses and 

realize the urgent need for action on 

this matter. 

There was a really inspirational presentation made in our caucus today by 

Senator BARBARA MIKULSKI of Maryland. Again, I am paraphrasing, but I 

am pretty direct in remembering what 

she said. I was not present when Senator MCCONNELL made his statement. 

Senator MIKULSKI said: I have served 

on the Intelligence Committee for 10 

years. And she said: This legislation 

creates a rendezvous with destiny for 

our country. We have to do something, 

and we have to do it soon. 

I have stated to Senator LIEBERMAN, 

to Senator COLLINS—anyone who will 

listen—this is not a partisan piece of 

legislation. It should not be. I am 

happy to work on an agreement to consider relevant amendments, but this 

matter has been pending since last 

Thursday. Today is Tuesday, and basically the slow walk that I am so used 

to around here has taken place. 

I hope we can find a final path forward. Senators from both sides of the 

aisle have come to me personally and 

said they have invested time—lots of 

time—in this matter, and they are trying to forge a consensus. I take them 

at their word, but they all seem powerless to buck the filibuster trend we 

have. 

So I hope when the dust settles we 

can set aside crass politics and work 

together for the good of our Nation and 

can achieve a strong, effective, bipartisan cyber security bill. 

Mr. President, Tom Donohue, head of 

the Chamber of Commerce, is my 

friend. He really is. But I am terribly 

disappointed in the Chamber of Commerce. We started out with having a 

requirement that businesses in the private sector would be required to do certain things. Senators LIEBERMAN and 

COLLINS backed off from that, and now 

it is kind of a voluntary deal. It is 

much weaker than I think it should be. 

Why in the world would they oppose 

that—‘‘they’’ meaning the Chamber of 

Commerce, which has sucked in most 

all of the Republicans on this. That is 

really unfortunate. 

AMENDMENT NO. 2731

So, Mr. President, on behalf of Senators LIEBERMAN, COLLINS, and others, 

I call up amendment No. 2731, which is 

at the desk. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report. 

The bill clerk read as follows: 

The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID], for 

Mr. LIEBERMAN, for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. 

ROCKEFELLER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. CARPER, proposes an amendment numbered 2731. 

(The amendment is printed in today’s 

RECORD under ‘‘Text of Amendments.’’) 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for 

the yeas and nays on that amendment. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a 

sufficient second? 

There appears to be a sufficient second. 

The yeas and nays were ordered. 

AMENDMENT NO. 2732 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2731

Mr. REID. Mr. President, on behalf of 

Senator FRANKEN, I call up amendment 

No. 2732, which is also at the desk. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report. 

The bill clerk read as follows: 

The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID], for 

Mr. FRANKEN, proposes an amendment numbered 2732 to amendment No. 2731. 

The amendment is as follows: 

At the end, add the following new section: 

SEC. ll. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of 

this Act, section 701 and section 706(a)(1) 

shall have no effect. 

AMENDMENT NO. 2733

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an 

amendment to the language proposed 

to be stricken. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report. 

The bill clerk read as follows: 

The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] proposes an amendment numbered 2733 to the 

language proposed to be stricken by amendment No. 2731. 

The amendment is as follows: 

On page 20, line 5, strike ‘‘180 days’’ and insert ‘‘170 days’’. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for 

the yeas and nays on that amendment. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a 

sufficient second? 

There appears to be a sufficient second. 

The yeas and nays were ordered. 

AMENDMENT NO. 2734 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2733

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a 

second-degree amendment at the desk. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report. 

The bill clerk read as follows: 

The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] proposes an amendment numbered 2734 to 

amendment No. 2733. 

The amendment is as follows: 

In the amendment strike ‘‘170’’ and insert 

‘‘160’’. 

CLOTURE MOTION

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a 

cloture motion at the desk. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented 

under rule XXII, the Chair directs the 

clerk to read the motion. 

The bill clerk read as follows: 

CLOTURE MOTION

We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the 

Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move 

to bring to a close debate on S. 3414, a bill to 

enhance the security and resiliency of the 

cyber and communications infrastructure of 

the United States. 

Harry Reid, Joseph I. Lieberman, Barbara A. Mikulski, Thomas R. Carper, 

Richard J. Durbin, Christopher A. 

Coons, Mark Udall, Ben Nelson, Jeanne 

Shaheen, Tom Udall, Daniel K. Inouye, 

Carl Levin, John D. Rockefeller IV, 

Charles E. Schumer, Sheldon Whitehouse, John F. Kerry, Michael F. Bennet. 

MOTION TO COMMIT WITH AMENDMENT NO. 2735

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a 

motion to commit the bill with instructions, which is at the desk. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the motion. 

The bill clerk read as follows: 

The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] moves 

to commit the bill, S. 3414, to the Committee 

on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment numbered 2735. 

The amendment is as follows: 

At the end, add the following new section: 

SEC. lll. 

This Act shall become effective 3 days 

after enactment. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for 

the yeas and nays on that motion. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a 

sufficient second? 

There appears to be a sufficient second. 

The yeas and nays were ordered. 

AMENDMENT NO. 2736

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an 

amendment to the instructions at the 

desk. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report. 

The bill clerk read as follows: 

The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] proposes an amendment numbered 2736 to the 

instructions (amendment No. 2735) of the motion to commit S. 3414. 

The amendment is as follows: 

In the amendment, strike ‘‘3 days’’ and insert ‘‘2 days’’. 

Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays 

on that amendment. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a 

sufficient second? 

There appears to be a sufficient second. 

The yeas and nays were ordered. 

AMENDMENT NO. 2737 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2736

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a 

second-degree amendment at the desk. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report. 

The bill clerk read as follows: 

The Senator from Nevada [Mr. REID] proposes an amendment No. 2737 to amendment 

No. 2736. 

The amendment is as follows: 

In the amendment, strike ‘‘2 days’’ and insert ‘‘1 day’’. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 

quorum required under rule XXII be 

waived with respect to the cloture motion that has just been filed. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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VETERANS JOBS CORPS ACT OF 

2012—MOTION TO PROCEED 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now move 

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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the motion. 

The bill clerk read as follows: 

Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 473, S. 

3429, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans jobs 

corps, and for other purposes. 

Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a 

quorum. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will call the roll. 

The bill clerk proceeded to call the 

roll. 

Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I 

ask unanimous consent that the order 

for the quorum call be rescinded. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

CYBER SECURITY LEGISLATION

Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I 

rise to respond to the statement of the 

majority leader—first, to say that I 

share his sadness and disappointment 

that he had to file a cloture motion on 

this Cybersecurity Act, but I totally 

agree with the decision he has made. I 

do not think he had any choice. 

I think we are facing on the one hand 

an urgent, real, and growing threat to 

our security and our prosperity because we are vulnerable; that is, the 

privately owned cyber infrastructure of 

our country is vulnerable to attack 

from foreign enemies, from nonstate 

actors such as terrorist groups, from 

organized criminal gangs who are just 

out to steal billions of dollars over the 

Internet, and from hackers. 

So we are dealing with a real problem 

that all the nonpolitical security experts from the last administration, the 

Bush administration, and this one, the 

Obama administration, say is rising 

rapidly to being the No. 1 threat to 

American security. Over the Internet 

now, because of our vulnerability over 

cyber space, a foreign enemy can do us 

more damage than the terrorists did to 

us on 9/11. It is that stark. So that is 

one reality. 

The other reality is that Senator 

COLLINS and I, Senator ROCKEFELLER

and Senator FEINSTEIN, have been 

working literally for years. As Senator 

REID said, because of the urgency of 

the problem, we decided we cannot just 

fight for 100 percent of what we 

thought was best to protect our security. We pulled back; we made it not 

mandatory. We have standards being 

set for the private sector to defend 

itself and us better, and we are creating carrots and not sticks to encourage them to opt into those cyber security standards. That is one reality. 

The other reality is that in our government—notwithstanding controversy 

here—all the Departments are working 

like a team. As General Alexander, the 

head of Cyber Command at the Department of Defense says, cyber security is 

a team sport—the Department of 

Homeland Security, the Department of 

Defense, the FBI, the intelligence community all working together to protect 

our country. But they do not have the 

tools they need, and they urgently 

need this bill. 

Yet the other reality is, in the Senate, where once again we are gridlocked, we cannot even get the consent 

necessary to take up amendments to 

vote on. Senator COLLINS and I have 

said all along: Just get this bill to the 

floor. Let the Chamber, the 100 Senators, work their will on germane and 

relevant amendments, and something 

good will result for the country. So 

here is the bill on the Senate floor, and 

yet Members are blocking us from taking up those amendments. And I am 

afraid the consequence is that they are 

running out the clock. 

A lot of good work done by those of 

us who have sponsored the pending legislation, in a very constructive, bipartisan group, led by Senator KYL and 

Senator WHITEHOUSE—including three 

additional members of the Democratic 

Caucus and Republican Caucus—have 

worked very hard to bridge the gaps. 

We have come closer together, but we 

are not going to work this out unless 

we can vote. 

I wish we had not come to this point, 

but Senator REID has made the correct 

and necessary decision, and it will confront the Members of the Senate on 

Thursday with a decision: Are you 

going to vote for cloture to at least 

allow the Chamber to consider all the 

amendments on this bill that are germane and relevant or are you going to 

say: No, I will only settle for exactly 

what I want, and I do not want this 

bill; therefore, I am going to vote 

against cloture and run the risk— 

which all the independent cyber security experts in our Nation tell us we 

will run if we do not do anything—that 

we will suffer a major attack or at 

least we will continue to suffer major 

cyber theft. 

So I am saddened. We have worked 

very hard on this. But that is not the 

point. The point is, there is an urgent 

necessity to pass this legislation. It 

ought to be nonpartisan. It ought not 

to be the victim of special interest 

pleading. It ought to be all of us coming together, as we usually have on national security matters, to put the national security interests of the American people ahead of special interests, 

to resolve our differences, to settle for 

less than 100 percent, and to get something done to protect our country or is 

this going to be another case where the 

Senate fails to bridge the gaps, fails to 

be willing to make principled compromises and therefore fails not only to 

fix a problem but, in this case, to protect our country from a very clear and 

present danger of cyber attack and 

cyber theft? 

So Thursday will be the day of decision. I hope perhaps meetings can 

occur tomorrow in which we can reconcile our differences and agree on a 

method to go forward. If not, every 

Member of the Senate is going to have 

to decide whether they want to block 

action on cyber security legislation or 

whether they want to go forward and 

consider the amendments on both sides 

that have been filed. 

I thank the Presiding Officer and 

yield the floor. 

I suggest the absence of a quorum. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will call the roll. 

The bill clerk proceeded to call the 

roll. 

Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I 

ask unanimous consent that the order 

for the quorum call be rescinded. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. 

UDALL of Colorado.) Without objection, 

it is so ordered. 

Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, it 

strikes me, as I call you, Mr. President, 

that I once had the high honor to support a man who shared your name, indeed your father, for President of the 

United States. So it is nice to be able 

to call you Mr. President. 

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MORNING BUSINESS 

Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I 

ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning 

business, with Senators permitted to 

speak therein for up to 10 minutes 

each. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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TRIBUTE TO NED MOORE 

Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I 

rise to pay tribute to an honored Kentuckian and veteran of World War II, 

Mr. Ned Moore. Mr. Moore visited the 

Nation’s capital several months ago 

with Honor Flight, the group that 

helps bring veterans to Washington, 

D.C., to see the memorials that were 

built in their honor. Mr. Moore was 

able to see the World War II Memorial 

that he and his fellow sailors inspired. 

Ned’s grandson, Mr. Tres Watson, is a 

good friend of mine, and when he made 

me aware of his grandfather’s visit, I 

thought it worth a moment to share 

Ned’s story with my colleagues. Ned 

Moore was born in Marydell, MS, on 

February 27, 1927. He joined the Navy 

in Jackson, MS, on August 1, 1944, at 

the age of 16, without his mother’s consent. He was assigned to the USS 

Coronis, a landing-craft repair ship, on 

Christmas Day 1944. 

While Ned was aboard the Coronis, it 

saw action throughout the Pacific Theater, including acting as a support ship 

during the battle of Okinawa. 

In 1945, Ned was assigned to the 

United Nations, where among his duties he served as personal driver for UN 

delegates including Eleanor Roosevelt, 

who was a UN delegate at the time. 

She presented Ned with a Roosevelt 

dime after making his acquaintance. 

In March 1946, Ned was assigned to 

the USS Wright, a Saipan-class light 

aircraft carrier, where he served as an 

aircraft mechanic. While the Wright 

was stationed in Pensacola, FL, functioning as a training ship, Ned married 

Margaret Daly in 1948. 

In October 1952, Ned was assigned to 

the USS Bennington, an Essex-class aircraft carrier that had been 


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